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Great book, but please be sure it's for you - 2008-08-06
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At first sight Word 2007 might seem completely different program from Word 2003. But in reality, it's the same program with very same features with some non-essentials added.

What's different in 2007, and can be very unsettling to many, is the interface. After I paid my dues to become proficient in Word 2003, MS rips the carpet from underneath my feet. It took some time to accept the fact that 2007 looks very different. If one starts resisting it, it will cause much anger and frustration (read negative comments in reviews above), however hard to accept, Word 2003 is not coming back.

I've been a fan of this book series for many years. This one did not disappoint me. I like the fact that you don't have to read a lot to get a lot. It does not have For Dummies books' silly "hysterical" titles, useless wordiness and its cheap environmentally-friendly paper. With this one, you will find easily what you are looking for and the book will break it for you into manageable steps.

I found that it's intended for visually-oriented people who already know the features of Word and are pretty comfortable with them (from working the previous versions). Make sure you are not a beginner. This is a reference, foremost, of how to envoke the familiar features (mail merge, tables, formatting). It probably coveres the most useful day-to-day Word, provided you are not looking for some esoteric stuff.

I believe, the problem with many reviewers who were less than impressed, is the mismatch of expectations with the book's intentions. They assumed the colorful nature and it's size to mean that its for a beginner.

In case you've never touched Word before, this is definitely not a good book for you. You'll need something easy and step by step. And it will take some time learning and using this powerful software. Word is not hard, just vast.

To sum this up: this one is for someone who is familiar with the most features, someone who, for example, does not need to learn what a mail merge is, but needs to access the mail merge in 2007.

Good luck!

Come here, Fluffy! - 2007-09-17
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This book claims that it's a let's-git'er-done but it's not. It's more like a conversation with a knowledgeable person who refuses to tell you anything concrete for the most part and you're left with an awful taste in your mouth afterwards.
There are better books out there...Inside Out and Step by Step come to mind.

Very Useful For Experienced Users - 2008-04-25
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This book has been very useful as the transition to Word 2007 was undertaken. The folks at Microsoft took what many of us have used for 20+ years and shuffled all the commands around in almost random directions. Thus trying to print an envelope was a task, as was formatting numbering on section heads.

Unlike the big "fat" books, which go on forever, this book, and the others in the series, take the approach of visually showing you where the folks in Redmond hid the stuff you had used for decades. Thus you can use the index, go to the page, look at the picture and now you see where they hid table sorting, or adjusting the width of tables, or how to modify the table of contents so it included five sections and not three!

The books features are simple:

1. It has a good index, especially if you are an experienced office user

2. It explains simply and uses the picture, because all you want as an experienced user is to find the command the folks in Redmond so elegantly hid.

3. The material is collected in a logical format and you frequently come away with several added tips, and possibly some new insight

This book is a God send for the experienced user who does not want to read through dozens of pages of words, for the user who really knows what they want and how it works, just show mw where it is. Good Job!

Great way to accomplish work goals, learn about new features - 2009-01-29
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I think that some people will argue that this book is not substantive enough to fill their needs as an "experienced user" (whatever that means). Thhe truth is that this book serves the purpose of helping the reader to get work done in an efficient and understandable way. Getting work done is the main purpose of this book. Since it is not a MOS book, Microsoftr Office Word 2007 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft)) it has a relaxed feel that is absent in most of the gigantic, 3 pound books. There's no pressure to study and become an expert here, just an organized explanation of all of the things that are new with this version.

Personally, The most aggravating thing about Word 2007, was the ribbon. At first irt seems counterintuitive to have it spread across the top of the screen when the other familiar icons were kept on a tiny taskbar either below or above the ribbon. The ribbon is thoroughly explained in this book allowing the new or transitional user to get jobs done that were commonplace in previous versions (Word 2000, 2002 2003).

With this book, you can learn about all the new features of Word without spending hours online trying to learn from the Microsoft training courses. All this and it lays flat for easy reference on the desk where you might have your PC.

This book, along with other books in the series are bound to become essential reading for beginners and gurus alike (Notice that even the Inside Out series is not advertised as for power users)Microsoftr Office Word 2007 Inside Out . If you need a good solid reference about how to get up to speed fast with Word and to do work in an efficient way, then this is your book.

If you need your ego enhanced by someone's "For Experts" guide, then this is probably not your best choice at all. Try these instead:

Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Word 2007
Microsoft Word 2007 Bible
Office 2007 Bible

bad news - 2007-10-27
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The author makes some assumptions about you already having Windows Vista and says you can use the book with Windows XP but I found that awkward to say the least. I got another help book that is much better.

Thank you very much.

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